Stock GPU fan

2008-08-09 01:35:16

#1

Wallpaper: ☺; +303|6262|The pool

I have an XFX 8600 GTS 256MB

The card runs hot (~60 idle ~80 load) and I want to raise the fan speed so my card lasts longer; Ive tried ATiTool, NTune, RivaTuner and I think Speedfan, they keep the fan speed up when idle, but when I start gaming the fan goes back down. Even when I alt+tab out of the game and up the speed again it slows down again after a few seconds. Ive googled quite a bit, looked at guides, tried new, not so new, and really old drivers, etc. and it seems that a lot of 8600 owners have the same problem, but not all... Also NTune is shit, it makes my system go into a full lock up when playing games anyway, and it doesnt keep the fans up either.

Question is, does anyone know a way to fix this? I WOULD just get a new cooler for it, but the only money I have is in the form of Bestbuy giftcards, and they dont really have HSFs. If anyone knows some good and cheap HSFs that would do the trick post em anyway.

PS: looking at the temp and fan speed monitors on Riva while gaming, the fan goes up and down between 30% and about 50%, and the temp stays at 85.

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2008-08-09 01:38:05

#2

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6923

For RivaTuner, have you tried manually setting it at a certain speed? I use RivaTuner and the ones they give you that automatically adjust fan speed suck balls. I manually up my fan to keep it cool and it stays that way.

2008-08-09 01:42:02

#3

Wallpaper: ☺; +303|6262|The pool

Yup. After a few minutes of gameplay I can hear it slow down, and after that I cant get it to speed up again

Even tried going into the "power user" reg edit thingy and making the minimum selectable speed 80% and it still goes down past that when gaming

Last edited by Wallpaper (2008-08-09 01:42:37)

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2008-08-09 01:46:56

#4

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6923

Hmm weird. Could it possibly be drivers, or just general incompatibility with those programs and your card? I have no idea what it could be, I don't know much about this kind of stuff

2008-08-09 04:43:46

#5

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6465|Winland

Accelero S1. It's like $20.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-08-09 04:50:04

#6

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6959|Devon, England

If it's an NVIDIA card, get NVIDIA's program (NTune, I think). I know you said you tried it, but it works for me... Maybe you're doing it wrong.

I can set the fans on my cards to run at 100% constantly if I want through that.

2008-08-09 08:31:01

#7

Brasso: member; +1,549|6898

That's strange, I programmed mine (same exact card, by XFX) to run at 100%. Before it was at 80%, with no problems as well.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-08-09 10:47:09

#8

Wallpaper: ☺; +303|6262|The pool

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Accelero S1. It's like $20.

Thanks. My case has poor air flow so until I get a new case or cut some holes in this one, do you think I would need to strap a little fan on it? /nubquestion

FFLink13 wrote:
If it's an NVIDIA card, get NVIDIA's program (NTune, I think). I know you said you tried it, but it works for me... Maybe you're doing it wrong.

I can set the fans on my cards to run at 100% constantly if I want through that.

The first thing I tried was NTune... Used the little slider, set up profiles, power curve things (was in an older version I think) and none of them worked. Even if one of them DID work it wouldnt do me any good because NTune gives me the frozen-screen-and-sound-loop-of-death, and sometimes BSOD because of "blah blah nv4disp.dll"

Thanks + karmaz

Last edited by Wallpaper (2008-08-09 10:47:52)

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2008-08-09 12:07:22

#9

The_Sniper_NM: Official EVGA Fanboy; +94|6382|SC | USA |

My brother's got the same problem. It must be a driver issue then. I know this sounds bad, but any GFX under 100C isn't too much to be worried about.

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